Kenya - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Kenya was 69.78 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 112.80 in 1977 and 69.78 in 2020.
Definition: Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 100.97 |
| 1961 | 103.32 |
| 1962 | 105.26 |
| 1963 | 106.77 |
| 1964 | 107.83 |
| 1965 | 108.49 |
| 1966 | 109.57 |
| 1967 | 110.13 |
| 1968 | 110.33 |
| 1969 | 110.39 |
| 1970 | 110.44 |
| 1971 | 110.99 |
| 1972 | 111.45 |
| 1973 | 111.82 |
| 1974 | 112.03 |
| 1975 | 112.09 |
| 1976 | 112.59 |
| 1977 | 112.80 |
| 1978 | 112.79 |
| 1979 | 112.70 |
| 1980 | 112.57 |
| 1981 | 112.71 |
| 1982 | 112.74 |
| 1983 | 112.62 |
| 1984 | 112.25 |
| 1985 | 111.60 |
| 1986 | 111.23 |
| 1987 | 110.50 |
| 1988 | 109.47 |
| 1989 | 108.16 |
| 1990 | 106.58 |
| 1991 | 105.03 |
| 1992 | 103.09 |
| 1993 | 100.93 |
| 1994 | 98.77 |
| 1995 | 96.75 |
| 1996 | 95.29 |
| 1997 | 94.16 |
| 1998 | 93.14 |
| 1999 | 91.97 |
| 2000 | 90.56 |
| 2001 | 89.92 |
| 2002 | 88.81 |
| 2003 | 87.51 |
| 2004 | 86.38 |
| 2005 | 85.56 |
| 2006 | 84.91 |
| 2007 | 84.53 |
| 2008 | 84.26 |
| 2009 | 83.81 |
| 2010 | 83.06 |
| 2011 | 82.32 |
| 2012 | 81.23 |
| 2013 | 79.92 |
| 2014 | 78.53 |
| 2015 | 77.13 |
| 2016 | 75.68 |
| 2017 | 74.23 |
| 2018 | 72.78 |
| 2019 | 71.28 |
| 2020 | 69.78 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Kenya was 4.26 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.61 in 1962 and a minimum value of 3.54 in 2010.
Definition: Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.52 |
| 1961 | 7.58 |
| 1962 | 7.61 |
| 1963 | 7.60 |
| 1964 | 7.56 |
| 1965 | 7.50 |
| 1966 | 7.48 |
| 1967 | 7.42 |
| 1968 | 7.34 |
| 1969 | 7.24 |
| 1970 | 7.13 |
| 1971 | 7.07 |
| 1972 | 6.99 |
| 1973 | 6.89 |
| 1974 | 6.78 |
| 1975 | 6.65 |
| 1976 | 6.57 |
| 1977 | 6.47 |
| 1978 | 6.35 |
| 1979 | 6.23 |
| 1980 | 6.10 |
| 1981 | 6.01 |
| 1982 | 5.92 |
| 1983 | 5.82 |
| 1984 | 5.71 |
| 1985 | 5.60 |
| 1986 | 5.52 |
| 1987 | 5.42 |
| 1988 | 5.32 |
| 1989 | 5.22 |
| 1990 | 5.13 |
| 1991 | 5.04 |
| 1992 | 4.96 |
| 1993 | 4.86 |
| 1994 | 4.77 |
| 1995 | 4.68 |
| 1996 | 4.64 |
| 1997 | 4.59 |
| 1998 | 4.52 |
| 1999 | 4.44 |
| 2000 | 4.33 |
| 2001 | 4.27 |
| 2002 | 4.19 |
| 2003 | 4.10 |
| 2004 | 3.99 |
| 2005 | 3.86 |
| 2006 | 3.80 |
| 2007 | 3.72 |
| 2008 | 3.65 |
| 2009 | 3.59 |
| 2010 | 3.54 |
| 2011 | 3.56 |
| 2012 | 3.59 |
| 2013 | 3.62 |
| 2014 | 3.67 |
| 2015 | 3.72 |
| 2016 | 3.82 |
| 2017 | 3.93 |
| 2018 | 4.04 |
| 2019 | 4.15 |
| 2020 | 4.26 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Kenya was 65.52 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 106.82 in 1982 and a minimum value of 65.52 in 2020.
Definition: Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 93.45 |
| 1961 | 95.74 |
| 1962 | 97.65 |
| 1963 | 99.16 |
| 1964 | 100.27 |
| 1965 | 100.99 |
| 1966 | 102.09 |
| 1967 | 102.70 |
| 1968 | 102.98 |
| 1969 | 103.14 |
| 1970 | 103.31 |
| 1971 | 103.92 |
| 1972 | 104.46 |
| 1973 | 104.92 |
| 1974 | 105.26 |
| 1975 | 105.44 |
| 1976 | 106.03 |
| 1977 | 106.33 |
| 1978 | 106.44 |
| 1979 | 106.47 |
| 1980 | 106.47 |
| 1981 | 106.69 |
| 1982 | 106.82 |
| 1983 | 106.80 |
| 1984 | 106.54 |
| 1985 | 106.00 |
| 1986 | 105.71 |
| 1987 | 105.08 |
| 1988 | 104.15 |
| 1989 | 102.94 |
| 1990 | 101.45 |
| 1991 | 99.98 |
| 1992 | 98.13 |
| 1993 | 96.06 |
| 1994 | 94.00 |
| 1995 | 92.07 |
| 1996 | 90.65 |
| 1997 | 89.57 |
| 1998 | 88.62 |
| 1999 | 87.53 |
| 2000 | 86.22 |
| 2001 | 85.64 |
| 2002 | 84.62 |
| 2003 | 83.41 |
| 2004 | 82.39 |
| 2005 | 81.69 |
| 2006 | 81.11 |
| 2007 | 80.81 |
| 2008 | 80.61 |
| 2009 | 80.23 |
| 2010 | 79.52 |
| 2011 | 78.76 |
| 2012 | 77.65 |
| 2013 | 76.29 |
| 2014 | 74.86 |
| 2015 | 73.41 |
| 2016 | 71.86 |
| 2017 | 70.30 |
| 2018 | 68.73 |
| 2019 | 67.13 |
| 2020 | 65.52 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
